skygiants

Philby is SUCH an incredible sadsack in this show. Drinking himself into a stupor and then collapsing in the Moscow snow! Waking up in the hospital to realize that the horrible dream that he's in Moscow and will never go to an English pub again is in fact the reality of his life! Writing Nicholas Elliot the world's most delusional "Well look I know I made some mistakes (got hundreds of people killed, on purpose, by telling the Soviets about our spy plans), but can't we still be friends?" And then the look on his face when he says Elliot's face reflected in the mirror in the bar in East Berlin! The elation as he rushes out into the street! The devastation of the friendship umbrella left on the windowsill...

Somewhere, Nicholas Elliot is smiling a new little horrible smile, never before seen by man.